AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods is not simply again, he is within the dialog on the 86th Masters. He opened with a methodical 1-under 71 within the opening spherical Thursday at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership.
He had an early tee time Thursday. He heads out within the late wave Friday, alongside Joaquin Niemann. The third within the group, Louis Oosthuizen, withdrew earlier than the second spherical started with an damage. Woods left the course Thursday tied for tenth and 4 behind the lead. On Friday, something can occur. He might make a cost, transfer to the center of the pack or be in a struggle to make the minimize.
We observe each step he takes on Day 2 on the Masters:
The setup on Day 2
The solar is out. The wind is up. The circumstances are excellent at Augusta Nationwide. When Woods arrives for his 1:41 p.m. ET tee time, these are the pin areas he’ll attempt to navigate.
The opening areas for Masters Friday. #themasters pic.twitter.com/MRIWs7N9Du
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 8, 2022
No. 1: Par 4, 445 yards
Subsequent on the tee …@TigerWoods pic.twitter.com/juKIDSVjo2
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 8, 2022
The primary remained an issue for Woods. Identical to within the first spherical, Woods was vast proper off the tee. A day earlier, he was in need of the bunker. This time, the ball made it there. His strategy missed the inexperienced, forcing an early take a look at of the quick sport that struggled he struggled with on Thursday. He didn’t convert and opened his spherical with a bogey for the twenty third time. He now stands 17 over throughout his profession on the primary gap at Augusta Nationwide.
Rating: Bogey
Complete for the day: 1 over
Complete for the match: Even
No. 2: Par 5, 575 yards
Woods selected a unique strategy on the second, however bought the identical end result. As an alternative of going with 3-wood, as he did Thursday, he selected driver and located his second consecutive fairway bunker in Spherical 2. From there, all the pieces seemed acquainted — layup, so-so pitch, missed putt. He has not taken benefit of the par 5s thus far at this Masters.
Rating: Par
Complete for the day: 1 over
Complete for the match: Even
No. 3: Par 4, 350 yards
Woods went conservative off the tee, choosing an iron. In excellent place, the wind grabbed his strategy and pushed it proper of the inexperienced. Identical to on the first, he couldn’t stand up and down. This time a 7-footer for par slid by on the low facet. A tough begin, particularly with the four-hole stretch that begins on the par-3 fourth.
Rating: Bogey
Complete for the day: 2 over
Complete for the match: 1 over
No. 4: Par 3: 240 yards
One other misfired iron from Woods required him to provide you with some short-game magic. And he did not have any – once more. His 30-footer to save lots of par got here up two rolls quick. Woods hoped to make a transfer up the leaderboard on Friday. As an alternative, with three bogeys in 4 holes, he has to proper issues or the dialog will flip as to whether he could make the minimize.
Tiger Woods is 3-over by way of 4 holes, his worst rating by way of 4 holes in 92 profession rounds on the Masters Event.#theMasters
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) April 8, 2022
Rating: Bogey
Complete for the day: 3 over
Complete for the match: 2 over
No. 5: Par 4, 495 yards
Issues have not gotten higher for Woods. He made a multitude of the fifth gap for a 3rd consecutive bogey and fourth in 5 holes to begin the spherical. One other missed drive – this a method, approach proper – compelled a pitch out and ended with a missed 10-footer. Reduce watch has formally begun.
Rating: Bogey
Complete for the day: 4 over
Complete for the match: 3 over
No. 6: Par 3, 180 yards
Lastly, Woods performed a gap with little drama. On the par-3 sixth, which kick-started his spherical on Thursday due to a close to ace, Woods discovered the decrease shelf of the inexperienced. He produced a drama-free two-putt to get off the bogey prepare for the second.
Rating: Par
Complete for the day: 4 over
Complete for the match: 3 over
No. 7: Par 4, 450 yards
Two well-struck pictures gave Woods a take a look at his first makeable birdie putt of the day. He hammered the 14-footer by way of the break, leaving a testy 5-footer coming again. He jammed that into the center of the outlet to save lots of par. Had he missed, going from search for birdie to a three-putt bogey, would have been disastrous. As an alternative, he misplaced no floor as he continued to seek for his sport on Friday.
Rating: Par
Complete for the day: 4 over
Complete for the match: 3 over
No. 8: Par 5, 570 yards
Typically it takes Woods one swing to determine it out. Perhaps it was the iron into the par-3 sixth or the flushed wedge into the seventh. Neither led to birdies, however they clearly steadied Woods. On the eighth, lastly, it got here collectively. A stable tee shot, well-positioned layup and textbook up-and-down led to his first birdie of the day.
After early bogeys, Tiger Woods recovers a shot with a birdie on No. 8. #themasters pic.twitter.com/Id9T1GgSmI
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 8, 2022
Rating: Birdie
Complete for the day: 3 over
Complete for the match: 2 over
No. 9: Par 4. 460 yards
Woods pounded his greatest drive of the day, a 339-yard rocket down the hill on the ninth. From there, issues bought tougher. He hated his second shot, permitting the membership to fly out of his fingers on the follow-through. Nonetheless, he discovered a solution to make par and salvage a entrance 9 that might have been worse. As he headed to the tenth tee, he stood simply 5 pictures out of the lead with numerous golf nonetheless left.
Rating: Par
Complete for the day: 3 over
Complete for the match: 2 over
No. 10: Par 4, 495 yards
If there was a query as as to whether Woods has discovered his swing, the reply got here within the tenth fairway. With 208 yards left and the pin tucked on the best facet of the inexperienced, Woods opted to not play it protected. He took lifeless purpose. The ball by no means left the flag and settled 3 toes from the outlet. He calmly tapped within the gimme and walked to the eleventh with a assured stride. It was the primary time Woods birdied the tenth since 2013.
Tiger birdies the fifth hardest gap on the course immediately and is now one over par. #themasters pic.twitter.com/0gkW4mGRDz
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 8, 2022
Rating: Birdie
Complete for the day: 2 over
Complete for the match: 1 over
No. 11: Par 4, 520 yards
A poor tee shot on the daunting eleventh gap halted Woods’ momentum. He had a clumsy lie — the ball on pine needles, his toes within the second minimize — and Woods tried to hit an enormous minimize to the entrance of the inexperienced. The strategy got here up quick and Woods couldn’t sneak away with par. It was his first bogey since his four-bogey-in-five-holes stretch in the beginning of his second spherical.
Rating: Bogey
Complete for the day: 3 over
Complete for the match: 2 over
No. 12: Par 3, 155 yards
Woods stood on the twelfth tee and had a protracted dialogue with caddie Joe LaCava over membership choice. The wind swirls round Amen Nook, so the choice is not a simple one. Woods grabbed 7-iron from 156 yards and airmailed the inexperienced. He bought fortunate and the ball rolled down the hill, away from the azaleas and into the again bunker. However a poor bunker shot resulted in a second consecutive bogey as and up-and-down spherical went down once more.
Rating: Bogey
Complete for the day: 4 over
Complete for the match: 3 over
No. 13: Par 5, 510 yards
Typically, even Tiger Woods, who has gained the inexperienced jacket 5 instances and 15 main titles total, wants a little bit luck. He bought some on the thirteenth. He wished to hit a draw for his second shot into the par-5 thirteenth. As an alternative, he fanned a 3-wood, struck so badly it went proper of the tributary of Rae’s Creek that runs in entrance of the inexperienced. “Good layup,” he stated sarcastically, and with amusing, to LaCava. So as an alternative of taking a penalty drop, he had a clear lie and a comparatively straightforward chip. He snuggled it up shut for a simple birdie. So as an alternative of strolling away with a 3rd straight bogey, he made birdie and bought some momentum again.
Rating: Birdie
Complete for the day: 3 over
Total for the match: 2 over
No. 14: Par 4, four hundred and forty yards
5 holes into the again 9 and Wooden didn’t have a par. He birdied the tenth, then the bogeyed the eleventh and twelfth. He recovered with a lucky birdie on the thirteenth.? So which approach would issues go on the 14th? He hit an ideal drive after which, as soon as once more, confirmed his data of Augusta Nationwide. His strategy landed on the sting of the inexperienced, caught the slope and funneled towards the outlet. He rolled within the 9-footer for his fourth birdie of the day.
Two in a row for Tiger Woods. He heads into No. 15 at one over par. #themasters pic.twitter.com/UrDj8t67qS
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 8, 2022
Rating: Birdie
Complete for the day: 2 over
Complete for the match: 1 over
No. 15: Par 5, 550 yards
LaCava warned Woods on the high of the hill on the fifteenth that the wind was nonetheless an element on the second shot into the par 5par-5. Woods striped a 3-wood, nevertheless it carried a little bit too far and trickled simply over the again edge. That left a fragile little pitch down over the perimeter and down the slope. He couldn’t be aggressive. Regardless of being cautious, the ball ran 17 toes previous. Woods did not coax within the birdie putt, so he walked away together with his first par of the second 9.
Rating: Par
Total for the day: 2 over
Complete for the match: 1 over
No. 16: Par 3, 170 yards
Woods walked off the sixteenth inexperienced understanding he had missed a possibility. If he was telling himself the reality, he knew he had missed two. He didn’t make birdie on the par-5 fifteenth, a wasted likelihood. However he hit a stellar iron into the par-3 sixteenth, completely utilizing the ridge, simply as he had within the remaining spherical when he gained right here for the fifth time in 2019. The ball stopped 11 toes from the outlet, giving Woods an uphill look. The putt ran out of steam proper on the finish. He sighed. He knew that was an enormous miss.
Rating: Par
Complete for the day: 2 over
Complete for the match: 1 over